Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. a bottle.

1960		J. Franklyn Dict. of Rhy. Sl. 33/2: Aristotle Bottle. Very rarely spoken in full, ‘Arry’ being friendly, familiar and sufficient. Of late 19 C. origin.
1982		N. Keesing Lily on the Dustbin 98: If you’d rather have a beer there’s a couple of cold ‘arries’ in the fridge.

2. the buttocks, the behind.

1958		F. Norman Bang To Rights 14: The Bastard, what did he think I had some stuffed my harris.
1972		Galton & Simpson ‘Live Now, P.A.Y.E. Later’ Steptoe and Son [TV script] I had a Blighty wound. I had a piece of shrapnel up my arras.
1972		‘Judge Dread’ ‘Big Eight’ 🎵 Polly Flinders has a dress, tweeder [sic] made in Paris, / And all the boys are heard to say: ‘What a lovely piece of Harris!’.
1997		Roger’s Profanisaurus in Viz 87 Dec. n.p.: aris n. Convoluted cockney rhyming slang for arse. From Aristotle – bottle – bottle and glarse – arse.
2001		OnLine Dict. of Playground Sl. 🌐 arris n. buttock cleft.
2002		D. Shaw ‘Dead Beard’ at www.asstr.org 🌐 I rubbed in plenty of it around Dionne’s aris and then got back into her saddle again.
2019		P. Baker Fabulosa 288/2: aris arse [...] 293/2: harris arse.
2023		R. Milward Man-Eating Typewriter 109: ‘I consider you a sister now. Tis bad fay to split a sibling’s arriss open’.